Botnet fighters have another tool in their arsenal, thanks to Microsoft. The software vendor is giving law enforcers access to a special tool that keeps tabs on botnets, using data compiled from the ...

XMRogue would let defenders submit invalid mining job results from infected computers to get a proxy server banned from the botnet. For years, CSOs have been fighting botnets that are stealing ...

The widespread, multitooled Glupteba malware has adopted a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit, allowing it to stealthily persist inside of Windows systems despite reboots, by ...

An apparent Russian script kiddie is converting widespread security gaps into a powerful botnet capable of launching global-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks. See Also: Reduce Cloud Risk in ...

Compromised home networks are an increasing concern. Most recently we've written about the SantaStealer malware, budget Android TV boxes doubling as botnets, and compromised routers. Fully securing ...

A novel Go-based Linux botnet, dubbed "PumaBot," has been observed targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PumaBot differentiates itself from typical botnets by remotely retrieving a list of ...

We can now say that we live with robots on a daily basis. We're a long way from the "Jetson" context, where humanoid-looking machines walk around and carry out domestic and other tasks. We're dealing ...

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United ...

The Quad7 botnet is evolving its operation by targeting additional SOHO devices with new custom malware for Zyxel VPN appliances, Ruckus wireless routers, and Axentra media servers. Sekoia has ...